Word: unfit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sound of his father's humiliated laughter, in fear for his job, robbed the child of confidence. His feminist mother, in her efforts not to be possessive, involved herself in local education and professional good works; he soon realized she was unfit to be trusted. He continued to worship his father for years: but all his father perceived in his diffidence was aversion and stupidity about which, in his son's hearing, he ruefully made jokes. Pathetic Cousin Ella so blackmailed him for pity that it was impossible to pity her. Full-blooded Uncle Ernest, by horning...
Year or so ago the Internal Revenue Bureau's Alcohol Tax Unit tried to limit "rub" to its lawful use by loading it with intestinal irritants. There were no com plaints from drinkers, but doctors pro tested that the alcohol was now unfit for many external uses. Month ago the tax unit tried again. Its ruling, effective last week: from now on no one but registered pharmacists may sell...
Last year Dr. Altman tried again. He called to his office for examination 250 teachers reported unfit by their principals. Only one who failed to appear was a 54-year-old high-school teacher named Mary B. C. Byrne, whose principal had accused her of "classroom peculiarities." Last fall the Board of Education found her guilty of insubordination, ordered her dismissed unless she submitted to examination or applied for retirement. She did neither, was dismissed. Thereupon Miss Byrne, like Mrs.D'Auria, filed an appeal. Last week Commissioner Graves ordered Miss Byrne reinstated. Furthermore, he ruled that the School Board...
...told remarkably little about the Army. But Secretary Woodring did get at the main difference between the U. S. Army as it traditionally has been in peacetime, and the Army as Commander in Chief Roosevelt wants it to be from now on. The old Army was a feeble amoeba, unfit even for its theoretical role as the core of a fighting force to be raised after war starts. What is now wanted is an Initial Protective Force (Regular Army plus National Guard), manned, equipped and ready to fight at the drop of an enemy...
What then of the Spee's commander? Was he a coward? El Dia said his Government forced him to protest that Spee was only unfit for sea, not unfit for battle. But sharp tongues in Buenos Aires flung painful taunts at wiry little Captain Hans Langsdorff, 45, after he came ashore so jauntily with his men, to be lionized by the city's German colony...